Sony Pictures Animation and Imagemovers have tapped Chad Damiani and JP Lavin (MAX STEEL) to adapt Chuck Sambuchino's novel HOW TO SURVIVE A GARDEN GNOME ATTACK, reports Deadline.com. Robert Zemeckis is eying the live-action/animation hybrid as a directing gig. He will produce with ImageMovers' Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey and The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson. The book is a guide for home owners whose garden ornaments turn on them.